Chapter 435 The Changing Rhythm
The pterosaur rider flew over the camp they were setting up. Li Ce looked up at the black shadow in the sky and frowned slightly.
It is undeniable that in this plain area with basically unobstructed views and no shelter, the aerial vision unit opposite is really an obstruction.
He originally wanted to set up some pothole traps outside the camp, but pothole traps were time-consuming and labor-intensive and could not be set up at once.
Under this premise, the existence of the pterosaur rider, an aerial vision unit, is destined to expose his move.
Once a trap is exposed, its effectiveness will be greatly reduced.
However, the unobstructed plain environment also has advantages.
For example, if the lizard people want to attack their camp, they can easily find it when a large force comes over.
To a certain extent, it is a good place to set up a camp.
Li Ce, who had been busy for most of the day and had temporarily come to an end of his work, was currently in the camp listening to the casualty report compiled by the adjutant beside him.
In the brief armed conflict, although they had the upper hand, there were definitely casualties on their own side. The losses were not significant, but some soldiers suffered from paralysis, poisoning, and loss of feeling in their limbs.
However, the members of the medical team accompanying them after the war had already provided emergency treatment to them.
After all, when they fought against the lizard men earlier, the other party had shown the method of quenching poison, so they were well prepared for this.
In the next few days, Li Ce and the others were busy setting up camp and made no further moves.
The same is true for Soros. After experiencing the previous brief confrontation, he already knew that in the plain area, with the limited troops he had at hand, he could not defeat the cavalry troops on the opposite side.
This is also the biggest reason why he completely changed his strategy to withdraw from the plain area and defend the rainforest defense line.
Both sides had their own ideas. After the last round of fighting, this area unexpectedly entered a stable and peaceful period. No one on either side acted rashly.
The establishment of the camp is simple without many requirements on specifications and internal facilities.
After that, Li Ce naturally called all the officers under his command and began to plan the subsequent military operations.
“To be honest, I didn’t expect that the lizardmen on the opposite side would withdraw so simply and just leave this critical ‘edge of the world’ area to us.”
In the main tent of the camp commander, Li Ce showed a hint of headache after saying these words.
“But this also shows that the commander on the opposite side has a clear mind. In the situation at that time, it may be a better situation for the other side to fight us to the end.”
Hearing this, the three accompanying officers, Zhou Chongshan, Silk and Drogo, who were sitting below, nodded subconsciously.
The situation at that time can be said to be very clear. The total strength of the Lizardmen was higher, but the main part was composed of infantry, and the threat to them was very limited.
As for the important cavalry troops, which can contain them to a certain extent, their strength is not as good as theirs. This is their advantage.
According to that situation, if they continue to fight, the casualties on their side will definitely be huge, but the other side will pay even more painful casualties, and may even be completely wiped out on this plain.
If such a situation is formed, then their subsequent actions will undoubtedly become easier.
But the problem now is that this did not go as they wished. The other party's commander chose to preserve his troops and withdrew into the rainforest area.
This is very tricky for them.
Because they revolved around the Lizardmen, their initial strategic plan in the Great Zhou Dynasty was based on defensive warfare on the grassland. The battlefield was on the grassland! In the grassland area, the cavalry is the unbeatable and absolute main force!
Even to a certain extent, you don't really need infantry troops. Full cavalry is the most effective on the grassland.
In fact, Zhou Xu did exactly that.
But now due to changes in various circumstances, they have changed from the defensive side to the offensive side, and the lizardmen who were supposed to be the offensive side have now retreated into a rain forest and put on a It is very difficult for them to stick to the defense line of the rainforest.
Anyone who is not stupid can see that cavalry cannot fight in such a complex rainforest environment unless they dismount and transform into infantry.
This is actually not impossible. Take the vine armor soldiers of their Great Zhou Dynasty as an example. All of them are elites who can be mounted as cavalry, dismounted as infantry, and are skilled in all kinds of weapons such as bows and arrows, long soldiers, and short soldiers.
But the omnipotence of the Vine Armor Soldiers was gained through high-intensity training.
High-intensity training requires strong enough physical fitness to maintain it. Looking at all the soldiers in the Great Zhou Dynasty, only a few can keep up with the training intensity of the Vine Armor Soldiers.
Under this premise, the physical fitness of ordinary soldiers cannot keep up, and they cannot do so much training at the end of the day. This makes their training must be prioritized.
The training of ordinary cavalry troops is mainly concentrated on horseback, and the main training is cavalry and long soldiers! The foot combat training after dismounting is not absent, but its proportion is relatively small and it is a secondary training.
If they can exert 100% of their combat power while riding on horseback, then they can only exert about 70% of their combat power when dismounted.
From this point of view, it is somewhat wasteful to use cavalry as infantry.
Through the intelligence brought back by Drogo and the others at that time, Zhou Xu, who knew that the opponent had a rainforest environment, took this into consideration, so he made adjustments to the training of the new recruits.
Instead of sending them all to the grassland, they turned around and sent them to the mountains where Shi Lei was for training in mountain forest combat, so that they could better adapt to the rainforest environment in the future.
In other words, the Hundred Cavalry is just their vanguard. Its main purpose is to occupy this plain area connected to the edge of the world, and then protect the frontline camp established here. So that their follow-up troops from Dazhou can land here more smoothly.
In this way, they can push the battlefield to this world in one breath, preventing the war from spreading to their original world, and ensuring the stability of their rear.
As for the subsequent work, Zhou Xu has already transferred a group of ready-made mountain soldiers from Shi Lei. After that, the trained recruits will be sent over and they will also be transferred back to serve as their follow-up attack in the rainforest area. The main troops went into battle.
Originally, if the centaur clan migrated over smoothly, he would be able to make this step more easily, and the mountain soldiers would have more time to train.
But the change in the situation disrupted his rhythm and added a sense of urgency to this step of the plan.
Zhou Xu cannot say that he is not anxious at all about the battle situation here.
After all, he is 100% recruiting too many troops. The direct result of this is that their internal labor force has decreased, their productivity has decreased, their food expenses have increased, and the pressure on the rear is still very high.
And in this state, even if the rear is stable, it will be difficult to develop at a high speed because of the above reasons.
But there is no point in rushing this matter.
The lizardmen are in the worst situation now. The ratmen and they are still fighting. The lizardmen are probably dizzy now.
The main reason why Zhou Xu sent troops so quickly this time was to make a statement, lest the Centaurs think that he had sold them out.
To deal with the lizardmen and even the ratmen later on, he would need the power of the centaur, but he couldn't let anything go wrong here.
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